Just curious. We all seem to post PBs for distance running, but has anyone timed themselves over 1 mile? I've never just ran 1 mile, but reckon I could just about break 5 minutes. maybe I'll try it this weekend

4min 20 sec. in a road mile race back in the 90's.
Oddly, I never raced over a mile on the track; just 1500m.

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I guess it's because 1m is a track distance as opposed to a road distance......never seen a 1m road race..has anyone? I doubt many would travel for an event so short.

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My old man said be an Arsenal fan........

I've never timed myself doing just a mile ... however when I've been doing a longer run I think my fastest mile time was about 8.5 mins (I like to pace myself ). It would be interesting to see how fast I could do just the mile though ... I'd be much more inclined to run faster if I new that was all I had to do! Maybe I should give it a go!

Go on Sarah...and find a hill to run down to make it even quicker!!

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I reckon in a track race I could crack 5mins... though be warned it's pretty painful! I've gone flat out in a mile repeat but buggered up the timing of it, so could only make an assumption of 5mins give or take 5secs. being on the road there was also a slight incline and descent in the road (something you wouldn't notice normally, but going flat out it's a lot more obvious!)

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Have done 4.17 in a track mile, tempted to have a go at the road mile in Bourton (Glos) in the summer...

Last time I timed myself over a mile I managed 24mins 35seconds:eek:However, that was swimming! I reckon I could run it a little bit faster, but not much

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swim, cycle, run, sit down and have a cuppa

5.45 on a treadmill the other month
havent timed myself recently, but with a bit of HIIT training i think i could get it down

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Interesting, might try this tonight, I reckon not much more that 7 minutes.

I timed myself over mile three to four of an otherwise steady 7 mile run last week.

It was in to the wind but was 6mins 30.

Why is it though, that I didn't feel like I could have gone much faster, if at all,yet I can run a half marathon averaging 6:45's ?

Surely I should be able to cover a mile much quicker.

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Weird that hotfoot... you see I'm completely the opposite! I can run a mile much faster than my 10k and particularly 1/2 marathon times would predict I can... I guess at the end of the day the shorter distances suit me, and you're biased to endurance rather than speed!

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Fair point R.S.

That's why I'm classed as a jogger.

or, is it a case that those that can perhaps do a 4 or 5 minute mile, should be able to,with gradual increase in training distances,be able to maintain their current mile pace over a greater distance such as a half marathon?

They aint pushing themselves hard enough!!

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I've never raced a mile, only mile repeats in training. I managed a meagre 7:30 for the mile when I'm doing repeats.